Fumigator



(No Model.)

W. MARTIN.

PUMIGATOR. No. 463,367. Patented Nov. 1'7, 1891.

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WILLIAM MARTIN, oF GLENwooD, oAI'.IFoRNIA.v

-FUIVI'IGATOR SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,367',dated November 1'7, 1.891.V

Application ned May 19,1891. serial matassa. oto moda.;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glenwood, in the county of Santa Cruz and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smokingand Fumigating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for smoking out squirrels, gophers, andlike animals; and 1t consists of a light portable apparatus for thispurpose having a tire or smoke chamber, a bellows or airforcing device,and a conducting pipe or hose for the smoke, the apparatus havingcertain novel features of constrtuction, which will be hereinafterpointed ou In the drawing, which is a side View of my Invention, Arepresents a metallic casing, which is preferably of cylindrical formand provided with the handles ct, by which it may be easily moved fromplace to place,

B is the cover, which is removable in order to permit the casing to belled with combustible smoke-producing material.'

C is apipe leading out from the casing near its upper end and to which aflexible hose c may be attached for conducting the smoke and products ofcombustion to the desired point.

D is a bracket, preferably of iron, secured to the casing and servingthe double purpose of a support for the bellows or blower and as a pegor Ysupport by which the apparatus is held from overturning and frommoving about as it is beingworked. It consists of a portion d, securedtothe side of the lower part of the casing and projecting downwardbeyond the bottom thereof, its lower end being pointed to facilitate itsbeing forced into the ground.

ZJ is a portion of the bracket which extends outward and upward from thepart d and serves to connect it with the horizontally-arranged part cl2.Upon the horizontal portion d2 of the bracket rests the bellows E, thebottom board e of the bellows being secured thereto.

e is the handle by which the bellows is op-A erated. F is a short tubeconstituting the nozzle of the bellows and projecting into the casing,and f is a tube leading from the tube started in the casing.

F, preferably on the inside of the casing down ward nearly to the bottomthereof where its end is open.

It will be understood that by working the bellows air is forced throughthe tubes F and finto the lower part of the casing and that such airwill feed the lire which may be rIhe smoke and-products of combustionarising from the partial combustion of the material in the casing willbe led away through the tube C and c to the desired point.

The animal-smoking device which I have described is very compact inarrangement, and the parts .are so constructed and arranged that thereis little danger of their getting out of place, the whole apparatusbeing practically a unit so far as its transportation, &G., isconcerned.

By shaping the bracket D as described and arranging' thereon the bellowsit is possible to work the apparatus without the operator having to givehis attention to holding it in place. This is done by the peg orprojecting portion CZ of the bracket, which is driven so far into theground that the bottom of the casing lrests on the surface thereof. 'Ihebrace portion d', of the bracket transmits the force which is applied tothe bellows to compress it to a point on the casing immediately abovethe peg d, so that the tendency of such force is to drive the peg morefirmly into .the earth rather than to pull it out therefrom.

It will be understood thatthe peg dv might be made separate from thebracket D, it being a matter of convenience in manufacture, that it isformed in the manner shown. In order to get the best results-that is, tohold the apparatus the most securely while being worked-it is desirablethat the peg should be arranged on the same side'of the casing as is theblower and that the brace d should be secured to the casing adjacent tothe place where the peg is secured.

The apparatus which I have described might be used for fumigating aswell as for smoking out animals.

I am aware that it has been proposed to make fumigating apparatuses fordestroying animals consisting of a furnace, a pump connected thereto bytubing, and a wheeled truck or barrow upon which the furnace and pumpIOO are supported. I am also aware that it has been proposed to supportthe furnace of such an apparatus upon legs and to connect an unsupportedbellows thereto by a piece of flexible hose, and. therefore I do notclaim such devices or apparatuses as my invention; but it will beapparent that a wheeled truck is an inconvenient device to carry fromplace to place and to handle, and that it is advantageous to have thefurnace secured'to the ground so that it may not be overturned, and thedevice which I have invented and herein described embodies thisadvantageous feature.

What I claim is- I. In a smoking or fumigating apparatus, thecombination of the fire-casing adapted to rest upon the ground, theeduction-pipe therefrom, the blower, a bracket secured to one side ofthe easing by which the blower is supported, and a peg adapted to bedriven into the ground secured to the casing and projecting below thebottom thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. In a smoking or fumigating apparatus, the combination of the casingA, the eduction-tube C, the bracket D, consisting of the part d,projecting below the bottom ot the casing and forming a peg, theinclined brace part d', the su p porting portion d2, and the bellowsmounted on the part d2 of the bracket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afx mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM MARTIN.

Witnesses:

E. CRISP, 4 EUGENE F. BERT.

